Yes. The REPL and macros, for instance. Also note that Lisp is a multi-paradigm language, not a functional one, so you can explore more ways to design program

Yes. The REPL and macros, for instance. Also note that Lisp is a multi-paradigm language, not a functional one, so you can explore more ways to design programs. Embrace Lisp's dynamic nature and many interesting things are possible. The following quote is about Scheme, not Common Lisp, but I think it illustrates the philosophical difference between dynamic languages and static languages. It's from the home page of an Emacs extension for Scheme programming: Or, to be precise, what i consider fun. Geiser is thus my humble contribution to the dynamic school of expression, and a reaction against what i perceive as a derailment, in modern times, of standard Scheme towards the static camp. Because i prefer growing and healing to poking at corpses, the continuously running Scheme interpreter takes the center of the stage in Geiser. http://www.nongnu.org/geiser/ http://www.nongnu.org/geiser/ Building your entire program without ever having to restart it is a powerful development model, and to have the workflow well integrated with Emacs (the only editor for Lisp as far as I'm concerned) yields a programming experience like no other.